Stove.



S. V. REEVES..

STOVE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 22. 1914.

4 SHEETS-SHEET l ATTORNEYS Patented Feb; 5; 1918,

S. V. REEVES. smvE. APPLICATION FILED JULYZZ, i914.

Patented Feb. 5, 1918,

4 SHEETS-SHEET 2- ATTORNEYS S. V. REEVES.

STOVE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 22, I914. Lfifififi fi Patented Feb. 5, 1918.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

6 v 6 mv mmn ATTDRNEYS S. V. REEVES.

STOVE.

mmym? ATTORNEYS SAMUEL V. REEVES, OF HADJJONFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

STOVE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 56, fwd.

Application filed July 22, 1914. Serial No. 852,349.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL V. Reeves, a citizen of the United States,residing at Haddonfield, county of Camden, State of New Jersey, haveinvented a new and useful Stove, of which the following is aspecification.

My present invention consists of a novel construction of a stove,wherein a single set of castings are constructed in a novel manner,whereby either a right or left hand arrangement of the oven, the ash-pitand the fire-pot or chamber may be obtained.

It further consists of a novel construction of a front plate or casting,adapted to carry the oven door, the ash-pit door and the fire-pot door,and which is constructed in such a manner that it may be bodily reversedwithout any disarrangement of the doors or any change in theconstruction to provide for either a right or left hand arrangement ofthe parts.

It further consists of a novel stove, wherein a novel division plate isemployed.

It further consists of a novel stove, wherein a portion of the side wallthereof is formed by a novel construction and arrangement of water backor water front.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention, I have shown in theaccompanying drawings, one form thereof which is at present preferred byme, since the same will give in practice satisfactory and reliableresults,

7 although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities ofwhich my invention consists can be variously arranged and organized andthat my invention is not limited to the precise arrangement andorganization of these instrumentalities, as herein shown and described.

Figure 1 represents a front elevation ofa right hand oven arrangement ofa stove em bodying my invention, the support therefor having beenremoved.

Fig. 2 represents a front elevation of my novel stove, showing a lefthand oven arrangement of the parts thereof.

Fig. 3 represents a front elevation of the front plate of the stove, indetached position.

Fig. 4 represents a sectional elevation of my device.

Fig. 5 represents a section on line o-a of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 represents a section on line 12-?) of Fig. 3.

FFig. 7 represents a section on line 0-0 of Fig. 8 represents a sectionon line a l-d of Fig. 7

Fig. 9 represents a section on line e--e of Fig. 8.

Fig. 10 represents a front elevation of a shank plate, in detachedposition.

Fig. 11 represents a section on line f-f of Fig. 10.

Fig. 12 represents, in side elevation, a left hand oven arrangement of adust damper and its adjuncts.

Fig. 13 represents a section on line gg' of Fig. 12.

Fig. 14 represents an elevation of the fire end of the stove.

Fig. 15 represents a top plan View of the water jacket, in detachedposition.

Fig. 16 represents a sectional view of a door.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings 1 designates the bottom plate of a stoveembodying my invention, and which, as best seen in Fig. 4, is adapted tosupport the side plates 2 and 3, the front plate 4, and the rear plate5. 6 designates the top plate, the parts of which are constructed insuch a manner that they may be employed with either a right or left handarrangement of the parts thereof. The front plate 4, as best seen inFig. 3, is provided with an opening 7, on one side of which is locatedthe lugs 8, ,to Which the oven door 9 is hinged. The side of the dooropposite the hinged portion is provided with a tongue 10 having anaperture 11 therethrough, with the walls of which, the catch 12,integral with the plate 4, is adapted to interlock. The catch 12comprises a lug having a head at its outer end, so that it willinterlock with the walls of the aperture 11 of the door 9, when theparts are arranged, as seen in Fig. 1, which is a right hand arrangementof the oven and its adjuncts, and also when the parts are arranged, asseen in Fig. 2, which is a left hand arrangement of the oven and its aduncts. I prov1de above and below the opemng 7, rectangular or othershaped openings 13, through whichthe soot is removed, and each of whichis constructed in the same manner, and I have therefore identified thesame by the same reference characters. 011 opposite sides of the opening13, are the hooks or catches 14, and the apertures 15, whereby plates 16may be secured to the plate 4 by fastening devices 17 of any desiredtype. The front plate 4- is provided with an aperture 18 therethrough,through which is adapted to pass the rod 19 ofa damper 20, which latterprovides for the free passage of the products of combustion from thefire chamber 21 to the chimney or smoke-pipe 22, and which when closed,will cause the heat to circulate around the baffle or fine plate 23,in'order to heat the oven 24 in the usual manner. The front plate 4 isprovided with a rectangular shaped opening 25, see Fig. 3, and the frontplate 4, above and below such opening, is outwardly deflected androunded, as at 26 and 27. Centrally of said opening, the side wallsthereof are inwardly deflected or depressed, as at 28, and provided withslots 29 and apertures 30, the slots 29 adapting the same to receive thefianges 31, see Fig 4, when it is desired to slide the grate 32 intoposition. p

33 designates a shank plate having side flanges '34 on opposite sidesthereof, which are adapted to be seated on the depressed portions 28 ofthe front plate 4 and are provided with apertures 35, whereby said shankplate'33 may be secured with respect to the front plate by means offastening devices .36 of any desired type. The shank plate 33 has itsside wall outwardly bulged or roundture of said bracket 38, as will beunderstood "by reference to Figs. 1 and 2. In some cases the'shank ofthe grate extends through the aperture of'the bracket 38 while in othercases the hub of the shaker is received in such aperture. The portion 26of the front plate 4 is provided with a rib 39 and the portion" 27 ofthe front plate is provided with a rib 40,.while the separating or.divisionplate '33 is provided with an upper rib 41 and a' lower rib 42,in order that the upper door 43 and the lower door 44 will form a properjoint or fit with the adjacent parts of the stove. When the parts arearranged for a right hand arrangement of the oven, the door 44 forms theash-pit door,

and when a left hand arrangement is provided for, the door 44 forms thefire door. The same is true of the door 43, it being seenthat with aright hand arrangement it forms the fire door, while with a left handarrangement,'it forms the ash-pit door. The door 43 is hinged to the lugin any desired manner, and is provided with a catch 46 having the sameconformation on its top as on its bottom, whereby it will interlock withthe top or bottom wall of the aperture 89. The door '44 is mounted in asimilar manner to the door 43 and is hinged to a lug 47 and providedwith a catch 48 corresponding in construction to the catch 46 andadapted to interlock with the top or bottom wall of an aperture 90.

49 designates an arm, the construction of which varies in accordancewith the type of grate employed. The free end of such arm isprovidedwith a bulged or outwardly depressed portion, which forms a shield orcover for the portion of the grate which is adapted to receive theshaker bar, while its opposite end is mounted on a shaft 50, whichpasses through an aperture 51 in the plate 33, and has its opposite endjournaled in one of the apertures 52 in the rear plate of the stove.

53 designates a link, see Fig. 4, provided with a plurality of apertures54 adapted to receive a pin 55, which latter also passes through one endof a link 56, the other end of said link being secured to the arm 57 ofa damper 58, by means of a pin 59, passing through one of the apertures60 in said arm. In Fig. 4, a right hand arrangement of the parts isshown, while in Fig. 12, a left hand arrangement of such parts is shown,and at each side of the rear plate 5 is located a lug 61, which limitsthe movement of the damper 58 in one direction, and the damper isnormally maintained closed and its adj uncts maintained in normalposition by means of the weight of the parts, and by means of a spring62, mounted in any desired manner, but shown for purposes ofillustration, and having one end secured to an extension from the arm 57and its other end to a fixed pointon the stove. The smoke-pipe 22communicates with two dust passages 63 provided with openings 64,controlled by a damper 58, it being understood that by suchconstruction, a right or left hand arrangement of the dust dampers maybe provided, and that when one of the openings 64 is not in use, it willbe closed by means of a suitable cover.

It will be seen that when the shaker-bar naaaaar applied to the grate toactuate the same, the arm 49 will be raised, thereby rocking the shaft50 and causing the dust damper 58 to move into open position, so thatwhenever the grate is shaken, the ash pit is in direct communicationwith the stove-pipe. designates a shelf having apertured. flanges 66,see Figs. 8 and 9, which are adapted to interlock with the lugs orcatches 14, and said shelf has a portion thereof depressed, as at 67,and is provided with lugs 68, which form a support for a cover 69. Thepurpose of this depressed portion 67 is to form a chamber adapted toreceive the descriptive matter illustrating and describing the variousparts of the stove and also instructions for operating the stove andordering repair parts, and the manner in which the parts of the stoveare assembled, so that such matter is always instantly available and notlikely to be lost.

The front plate 4 is provided with. an upper rib 70 and a lower rib 71,having the same conformation, in order that the front plate may bereversed in a manner which will hereinafter be described.

The fire end of stoves or ranges of this character, as heretoforeconstructed, has been made in either a one piece casting or in twopieces. When thefire end has been. made in two pieces the portion of thecasting directly opposite to the fire has always been made in the formof a loose oblong plate somewhat larger than the water front and boltedto the end casting. It is customary to have as many of these loosesections or plates as there are taps for the water front. in otherwords, a separate plate for each set of inlet and outlet holes of thewater front. The plates of course contain holes to correspond with theholes of the water front. When the end casting is made in one piece,holes are provided in. the casting to suit the particular water front tobe used. In. either case the pipes connected to the water front passthrough a casting that is not an integral part of the water front.

This method is very unsatisfactory in practice inseveral particulars. Asheretofore made, water fronts have not usually been. an. integral. partof the stove but have usually been made in block form of suitable sizeor shape for the fire box in which they were used, and have beenretained in position by a loose top clamp together with a grate orbricks at the two ends of the the chamber. These bricks and gratereferred to being loosely fitted allow much lateral movement of thewater front, and thereby .permit ashes to lodge between the fire end ofthe stove casting and the water front. Every movement of the fire orarring of the stove causes the ashes and dust to leak out around thepipes of the water front. While this has been the cause of muchcomplaintflt is not the worst evil resulting from this method of makingand installing a water front. Where stoves are connected to the chimneyand the water back or water front subsequently installed which is aninvariable custom, the pipes are very often cut a fraction of an inchtoo long and when so used. the water front is forced inwardly andlaterally from the fire end casting toward the fire, which not onlypermits leakage of ashes and dust as stated, but permits the passage ofair to the top of the fire, thereby checking the draft, and rendering itimpossible to produce the best results.

l/Vater fronts as now made are formed with a rough surface and do notmake an air tight fit against the fire-end casting as they should do toinsure freedom from dust and prevent leakage of air into the top of thefire chamber. My present invention insures against and overcomes theabove noted defects, by reason of its integral form. The pipes enter thewater front direct, not first through a fire end casting and then intothe water front. In my present invention the water front becomes anintegral and fixed part of the stove, as distinctly fixed as its back,bottom or sides.

Referring now more particularly to Figs. 4, 14: and 15, 72 designates mynovel panel water back which is adapted to cover the aperture 73 in theend casting 2, and is provided with the slotted cars 74. whereby it maybe rigidly fixed to the end casting 2 by means of fastening devices 75.. The hot and cold water pipes '76 and 77 respectively may beconnected in different ways with respect to the water jacket and, ashere shown, they are connected with an end of the water jacket althoughthey may be connected at the points indicated by dotted lines at 7 8,79, 80 and 81, or in various other positions, it being understood thatthe hot water pipe would be connected at 7 8 or 80, and the cold 1thewater jacket may be reversed if desired. 7 1

One end of the water jacket has a lug 8% which forms a seat for the firebrick and the other end of the water jacket is provided with a flange 85to support a fire brick and a recess 86 with which the fire brick willinterlock. The plate 87 forming one side. of the oven is extended toseat in one of the lugs 88, so that the oven. can'be assembled with theplate 1 to form either a right hand or left hand arrangement of theoven.

, It will be apparent from the foregoing that the front plate with thedoors may be bodily reversed to cooperate with either a right'or lefthand even. arrangement. The

50 withoutbeing disconnected from said front 60 I provided-with an ovenopening, a fire chamcastings forming the oven and the fire chamher andtheir adjuncts are not reversed but are simply shifted from right toleft in ac cordance with whether a right or left handed arrangement ofthe oven door is desired. The plate lis simply turned upside down. Theshank plate is not reversed, but is simply moved to the proper positionat the right or left hand side of the plate and secured to it. The dustdamper and its adjuncts can be assembled at either end of the stove inaccordance with the arrangement of the fire chamber and ash pit. Thegratemechanism and end plates of the stove may also be transferred fromone side to the other of the stove.

' "The arm 49 terminates adjacent the ortion of the grate which receivesthe sha ring implement'a-nd may be located within or exteriorly of thestove, it being understood that 'its location will vary in accordancewith the type of grate'employed and that it is only essential that thearm extend in such a mannerthat it will be actuated when a shakingimplement is connected with the grate.

It will now be apparent that I have devised a novel and useful stove,which embodies the'features of advantage enumerated as desirable in thestatement of the invention and the above description, and While I have,in the present instance, shown and detom whereby the oven dooris'adapted without being disconnected from said frontplate and withoutchangeto be reversed for a right -or=left' arrangement of stove, theupper of sai'd superposed doors forming plate the fire chamber door witha left arrangement of the stove and the ash pit door with a rightarrangement of stove, and the lower ofsa'id superposed doors formingwith a left arrangement of the stove the ash pit door and'with-a rightarrangement of the stove the fire chamber door.

"2. A' stove front plate having the same conforma'tionat its top as atits bottom and her .openingand an ash pit opening, doors movably carriedby said plate and covering said openings and adapted to serve withoutbeing disconnected from said front plate for a right or left handarrangement of the stove, catches on said plate, and means carried byeach door to interlock with its respective catch when said plate isarranged for either a left or a right hand arrangement of the stovepart.

3. A stove front plate having the same conformation at its top as at itsbottom and provided with an oven opening, a fire chamber opening and anash pit opening, doors movably carried by said plate and coveringsaidopenings and adapted to serve without being disconnected from said frontplate for a right or left hand arrangement of the stove, catches on saidfront plate, means carried by each door to interlock with the same catchwhen said plate is arranged for either a left or a right handarrangement of the stove part, cleaning openings on opposite sides ofsaid oven door opening, and removable covers for said cleaning openmgs.

4. A stove front plate having an oven door opening, and an opening at aside thereof, a

shank plate located centrally of said side opening, to form a firechamber opening and an ash pit opening, the top and bottom wall of saidside opening being outwardly defiected, upper and lower doors coveringsaid openings, catches on said upper and lower doors, and said platehaving openings the walls of which interlock with the catches of saidupper and lower doors when said plate is arranged for a left handarrangement of a stove and also when said plate is bodily reversed for aright hand arrangement of a stove.

5. The combination with the end plate of a stove having an openingtherethrough, of a water back consisting of a casting having its waterchamber located substantially inwardly of said plate and having a panelprojecting through said opening to form a continuation of said endplate, and the top and a stove having an opening, of a water backconsisting of an integral casting fixed to said end plate, and havingthe fire brick supporting lugs 84 and 85 at the ends, and the fire brickinterlocking recess 86, and the lugs 82 on its top and bottom, the waterchamber of said water back being substantially inwardly of said endplate and said water jacket having a panel extending into said openingand forming a continuation of said end plate.

.7. A stove, having a plurality of dust passages, and provided with afront plate having an oven door and superposed doors at a side thereof,the top and bottom of said frontand said stove having an ash pitcommuniplate having the same conformation Whereeating With one or theother of said dust 10 by the oven door is adapted for both rightpassages in accordance With its arrangement or left hand arrangement ofthe stove, the for a right or a left hand stove.

upper of said superposed doors forming a SAMUEL V. REEVES.

fire chamber With a left hand arrangement Witnesses;

of the stove and forming the ash pit door H. S. FAIRBANKS,

with a right hand arrangement of the stove, C. D. MCVAJL Game of thispatent may he obtained for five cents each, by addressing thecommissioner of JPatenta,

Washington, D. G.

